Story at-a-glance
One of the primary sources of fluoride exposure is not fluoridated drinking water but non-organic foods, due to the high amounts of fluoride-based pesticide residues on these foods. Non-organic foods may account for as much as one-third of the average person’s fluoride exposure
Foods particularly high in fluoride include non-organic fresh produce, breakfast cereals, juices (particularly grape juice), deboned meats such as lunch meats, and black- or green tea (even if organic)
Fluoride has the ability to affect other chemicals and heavy metals; in some cases making them even more harmful than they would be on their own. For example, when you combine chloramines with the hydrofluorosilicic acid added to the water supply, they become very effective at extracting lead from old plumbing systems, promoting the accumulation of lead in the water supply
Studies have shown that hydrofluorosilicic acid increases lead accumulation in bone, teeth, and other calcium-rich tissues. This is because the free fluoride ion acts as a transport of heavy metals, allowing them to enter into areas of your body they normally would not be able to go, such as into your brain
4 Feb 2012
Dr. Robert Verkerk - Hour 1 - EU Banning Herbs & Pushing GMOs
February 2, 2012 Dr. Robert Verkerk is an acclaimed expert in agricultural, environmental and health sustainability. In 2002, he founded the Alliance for Natural Health International. ANH-Intl is an internationally active non-governmental organization promoting natural and sustainable approaches to healthcare worldwide. ANH-Intl campaigns across a wide range of fields, including for freedom of choice and the use of micronutrients and herbal products in healthcare. It also operates campaigns that aim to restrict mass fluoridation of water supplies and the use of genetically modified foods. Through its work particularly in Europe and the USA, the ANH-Intl works to accomplish its mission through its unique application of 'good science' and 'good law'. Robert joins us to discuss the banning of herbs in Europe and the big push for GMOs. He'll tell us about their current urgent campaign targeting Members of the European Parliament to veto the proposed list of 220 authorized 'general function' health claims which will also simultaneously forbid all health claims that have not been scientifically proven to standards set by the corrupt European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Once this list is passed into law, around 2,500 commonly used claims about the health benefits of foods and food ingredients (health claims) will be banned. Robert urges all EU citizens to get involved with the campaign and mentions US campaigns.
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Healthy Teeth, Happy Smiles
Healthy Teeth, Happy Smiles
Posted on 03 February 2012
.............In the years since Cosenza opened her practice, she’s seen some changes in the field of dentistry as well as in the outlook of dental health among kids. First of all, the question of fluoride has been debated for a long time. In areas where the water isn’t fluoridated (like ours), should you give your child fluoride supplements?
“The problem with fluoride,” explains Cosenza, “is that if you ingest too much as a kid, it can affect your permanent teeth while they’re developing, causing a marbling of the enamel. Also, some feel that since it affects the enamel on your teeth, it could affect bone formation as well. But I say anything in moderation.”
She adds that she didn’t give her children the fluoride supplements, and that “The recommendation of the ADA has changed,” says Consenza. “Kids who are at a high risk for fluoride deficiency may need drops, but others don’t. A tiny bit of fluoride toothpaste is enough. There’s fluoride in a lot of the things we eat and drink.”
What we eat and drink is one of the most important things to dental health in general, Cosenza says. While most think of brushing and flossing as the primary ways to take care of your teeth, diet is equally important.
“We’re seeing incidences of cavities on the rise,” she says. “We are big on water and milk. No more than one juice a day, even if you’re diluting.”
She also warns not to be fooled by organic and natural sweeteners.
“Sugar is sugar no matter where it’s from,” she says. “If it’s a sweet food, the bacteria in your mouth go crazy.”
Another recommendation that used to be common was to brush immediately after eating something sweet. This is no longer suggested.
“Don’t run to the bathroom to brush teeth after something sugary because you could brush away enamel.” Instead, she recommends to just “Drink tons of water. It lowers the pH in your mouth. And remember, everything in moderation.”
Dentistry is becoming more conservative, Cosenza says.
“Not every lesion has to be filled. If there’s something small between the teeth, you can use a pro-enamel (that you get through a dentist) to re-mineralize it, and then check in six months later.”
This is not to say, however, that cavities can be left alone. One common thing Cosenza hears is that baby teeth don’t have to be fixed because they’ll be gone soon anyway.
“Baby teeth have nerves and blood vessels,” she says, “and they’re designed to hold the space for the permanent teeth. If you don’t fix the cavities on baby teeth, it’s going to affect the teeth later.”
When Dr. Cosenza talks about dental health, her voice is cheery, and she could as easily be discussing pony rides and balloons. Maybe that’s what drew her to pediatrics. When she was in college, her advisor pushed her towards dental school instead of medical school and she “knew right away I’d be working with kids. It’s more rewarding and more fun.”
Posted on 03 February 2012
.............In the years since Cosenza opened her practice, she’s seen some changes in the field of dentistry as well as in the outlook of dental health among kids. First of all, the question of fluoride has been debated for a long time. In areas where the water isn’t fluoridated (like ours), should you give your child fluoride supplements?
“The problem with fluoride,” explains Cosenza, “is that if you ingest too much as a kid, it can affect your permanent teeth while they’re developing, causing a marbling of the enamel. Also, some feel that since it affects the enamel on your teeth, it could affect bone formation as well. But I say anything in moderation.”
She adds that she didn’t give her children the fluoride supplements, and that “The recommendation of the ADA has changed,” says Consenza. “Kids who are at a high risk for fluoride deficiency may need drops, but others don’t. A tiny bit of fluoride toothpaste is enough. There’s fluoride in a lot of the things we eat and drink.”
What we eat and drink is one of the most important things to dental health in general, Cosenza says. While most think of brushing and flossing as the primary ways to take care of your teeth, diet is equally important.
“We’re seeing incidences of cavities on the rise,” she says. “We are big on water and milk. No more than one juice a day, even if you’re diluting.”
She also warns not to be fooled by organic and natural sweeteners.
“Sugar is sugar no matter where it’s from,” she says. “If it’s a sweet food, the bacteria in your mouth go crazy.”
Another recommendation that used to be common was to brush immediately after eating something sweet. This is no longer suggested.
“Don’t run to the bathroom to brush teeth after something sugary because you could brush away enamel.” Instead, she recommends to just “Drink tons of water. It lowers the pH in your mouth. And remember, everything in moderation.”
Dentistry is becoming more conservative, Cosenza says.
“Not every lesion has to be filled. If there’s something small between the teeth, you can use a pro-enamel (that you get through a dentist) to re-mineralize it, and then check in six months later.”
This is not to say, however, that cavities can be left alone. One common thing Cosenza hears is that baby teeth don’t have to be fixed because they’ll be gone soon anyway.
“Baby teeth have nerves and blood vessels,” she says, “and they’re designed to hold the space for the permanent teeth. If you don’t fix the cavities on baby teeth, it’s going to affect the teeth later.”
When Dr. Cosenza talks about dental health, her voice is cheery, and she could as easily be discussing pony rides and balloons. Maybe that’s what drew her to pediatrics. When she was in college, her advisor pushed her towards dental school instead of medical school and she “knew right away I’d be working with kids. It’s more rewarding and more fun.”
3 Feb 2012
Daily Echo letters
Fluoride dangersTHE French do not add fluoride to tap water for "ethical reasons" and "medical considerations" and place a health warning on the brands of table salt which contains fluoride.
I would not consume salt with fluoride but it does make a very cheap and effective weed killer as fluoride is in the most toxic pesticides and the most toxic nerve war chemicals, like sarin.
Suffering from severe aplastic anaemia
3 destruction of the bone marrow and immune system) following exposure to toxic chemicals, diagnosed in 1986, fluoride is one toxic chemical I avoid after refusing a bone marrow transplant to make a full recovery.
Fluoride is also a chemical I avoid like the plague because I was infected with hepatitis C virus through a blood transfusion in 1986 in the UK and I believe fluoride is a chemical likely to change the virus to fatal cirrhosis or cancer of the liver. Avoiding alcohol, solvents etc and all prescribed drugs as much as possible is also essential to stop hepatitis C changing to fatal liver disease.
EDWARD PRIESTLEY, Les Granges, France. Fellow, European Medical Assoc. medicineandinnesa.com
• Mr A K Roberts (Letters, January 6) tells us that he doesn't live in the area affected by proposed water fluoridation.
In that case, I would say that we don't need to pay too much attention to him.
I clean my teeth twice a day and definitely DON'T want or need fluoride added to tap water.
KAREN HILL,
Bassett, Southampton.
2 Feb 2012
Scottish kids benefit from Childsmile
Scottish kids benefit from Childsmile
Children across Scotland are now benefitting from a programme designed to improve their oral health.
The £15m Childsmile nursery, school and practice programmes have now been rolled out across the country, and are being delivered in every health board in Scotland.
The programme emphasises the importance of tooth brushing and helps parents establish a healthy diet from the earliest stage.
Through the Childsmile initiative, every nursery in Scotland is offered free, daily, supervised toothbrushing for their children, and a number of nurseries and schools in targeted areas also provide fluoride varnish and toothbrushing in primary one and two.
Every child is provided with a dental pack containing a toothbrush, tube of fluoride toothpaste and an information leaflet on at least six occasions by the age of five.
And since the end of last year, all families with newborn babies across Scotland are now offered information on Childsmile from their health visitor.
If the family is not registered with a dentist, Childsmile staff will contact families at the three month stage to offer oral health advice and help them find a dentist for their child.....
Children across Scotland are now benefitting from a programme designed to improve their oral health.
The £15m Childsmile nursery, school and practice programmes have now been rolled out across the country, and are being delivered in every health board in Scotland.
The programme emphasises the importance of tooth brushing and helps parents establish a healthy diet from the earliest stage.
Through the Childsmile initiative, every nursery in Scotland is offered free, daily, supervised toothbrushing for their children, and a number of nurseries and schools in targeted areas also provide fluoride varnish and toothbrushing in primary one and two.
Every child is provided with a dental pack containing a toothbrush, tube of fluoride toothpaste and an information leaflet on at least six occasions by the age of five.
And since the end of last year, all families with newborn babies across Scotland are now offered information on Childsmile from their health visitor.
If the family is not registered with a dentist, Childsmile staff will contact families at the three month stage to offer oral health advice and help them find a dentist for their child.....
31 Jan 2012
New York Times' letters
Fluoridation Pro and Con (2 Letters)Published: January 30, 2012
To the Editor:
Re “Dental Exam Went Well? Thank Fluoride” (Personal Health, Jan. 24): When the three of us (retired professors in chemistry, physics and biology) wrote a book on the fluoridation controversy, we hoped it would raise the level of the debate. In “The Case Against Fluoride,” our arguments were supported with numerous scientific citations, which proponents of fluoridation have made little effort to acknowledge or refute. We cannot expect sensible decisions to be made on these matters when one side pretends there is no debate and a leading newspaper like The New York Times lets them get away with it.
Paul Connett
Canton, N.Y.
James Beck, M.D.
Calgary, Alberta
Spedding Micklem
Edinburgh
♦
To the Editor:
Congratulations to Jane E. Brody on her well-written article on water fluoridation, which is in line with accepted scientific evidence and peer-reviewed articles in numerous journals. Her writing is a contrast to the ubiquitous misinformation and misuse of raw data available on the Internet. Water fluoridation not only saves money, but also helps avoid pain and suffering.
Tom Curran
Elmira, N.Y.
Never the twain shall meet.
To the Editor:
Re “Dental Exam Went Well? Thank Fluoride” (Personal Health, Jan. 24): When the three of us (retired professors in chemistry, physics and biology) wrote a book on the fluoridation controversy, we hoped it would raise the level of the debate. In “The Case Against Fluoride,” our arguments were supported with numerous scientific citations, which proponents of fluoridation have made little effort to acknowledge or refute. We cannot expect sensible decisions to be made on these matters when one side pretends there is no debate and a leading newspaper like The New York Times lets them get away with it.
Paul Connett
Canton, N.Y.
James Beck, M.D.
Calgary, Alberta
Spedding Micklem
Edinburgh
♦
To the Editor:
Congratulations to Jane E. Brody on her well-written article on water fluoridation, which is in line with accepted scientific evidence and peer-reviewed articles in numerous journals. Her writing is a contrast to the ubiquitous misinformation and misuse of raw data available on the Internet. Water fluoridation not only saves money, but also helps avoid pain and suffering.
Tom Curran
Elmira, N.Y.
Never the twain shall meet.
30 Jan 2012
fluoridation is ineffective at reducing tooth decay
nyscof posted at 12:46 am on Mon, Jan 30, 2012.
Modern science indicates that fluoridation is ineffective at reducing tooth decay, harmful to health and a waste of money. Fluoridation opposition is scientific, respectable and growing
More than 4,000 professionals (including 331 dentists and 443 MD’s) urge that fluoridation be stopped citing scientific evidence that ingesting fluoride is ineffective at reducing tooth decay and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluoridealert.org/professionals-statement.aspx
Eleven US EPA unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals are calling for a moratorium on fluoridation.
The CDC reports that 225 less communities adjusted for fluoride between 2006 and 2008. About 100 US and Canadian communities rejected fluoridation since 2008.
In Nebraska, 53 out of 66 towns voted not to fluoridate in 2008 and 2010, reports the PEW Foundation.
Modern science indicates that fluoridation is ineffective at reducing tooth decay, harmful to health and a waste of money. Fluoridation opposition is scientific, respectable and growing
More than 4,000 professionals (including 331 dentists and 443 MD’s) urge that fluoridation be stopped citing scientific evidence that ingesting fluoride is ineffective at reducing tooth decay and has serious health risks. See statement: http://www.fluoridealert.org/professionals-statement.aspx
Eleven US EPA unions representing over 7000 environmental and public health professionals are calling for a moratorium on fluoridation.
The CDC reports that 225 less communities adjusted for fluoride between 2006 and 2008. About 100 US and Canadian communities rejected fluoridation since 2008.
In Nebraska, 53 out of 66 towns voted not to fluoridate in 2008 and 2010, reports the PEW Foundation.
Daily Echo - Fluoride case should go to court of human rights
Fluoride case should go to court of human rightsCOULD the SHA or Southern Water tell us from whose factory chimneys will the poison fluoride be coming from, as we have little in the way of manufacturing now and very few chimneys in this part of the world?
Is it going to be imported from other countries such as China, which is awash with chimneys, and whose population, if living in those areas, have to wear masks when outside?
Where has it been dumped before now, and what happens if it cannot be placed in our drinking water?
Finally, has Hampshire Against Fluoride had any thoughts about taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights? There are I'm sure many of us who would back them and contribute to any cost this incurred.
NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED.
29 Jan 2012
Bacteria key player in dental problems
Bacteria key player in dental problems
Dear Dr. Reitz: I am 30 years old and never needed a filling. Have scientific
discoveries eliminated cavities or am I just lucky. - June of Reading
Dear June: The addition of fluoride to water and toothpaste has hardened teeth, making them more resistant to the acids produced by oral bacteria, but it has not eliminated tooth decay.In my dental practice I have patients that have never had a cavity and others with multiple areas of decay. Cavities usually are blamed on eating candy, but candy is only one part of the problem. The chance of getting tooth decay islikely related to the amount of a specific bacteria - Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) - present in the mouth.
The mouth is home to thousands of different bacteria. It has been known for many years that S mutans is the bacteria most responsible for tooth decay, finding a method of eliminating it has been the problem. Most methods of killing oral bacteria only work for a short time, plus having some beneficial bacteria is important to prevent overgrowth of yeast. New research from the UCLA School of Dentistry may have found a method of selectively removing S mutans.
Research conduced by oral biologist Dr. Wenyuan Shi of UCLA with support of Colgate Palmolive has produced a mouthwash that selectively targets S mutans using antimicrobial peptides. You may remember I wrote in a previous column about Dr. Shi's licorice root extract lollipops that target and disable the bacteria responsible for tooth decay.Well, he's at it again, this time creating an antimicrobial mouthwash.
The mouthwash contains antimicrobial peptides that eliminate only the harmful S mutans. Twelve patients who rinsed just one time with the experimental mouthwash experienced a nearly complete elimination of the S. mutans bacteria over a four-day testing period. Based on the success of this clinical trial Dr. Shi's company has filed a drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to begin more extensive clinical trials in March. If the FDA approves this new antimicrobial peptide it will be the first anti-dental decay drug since fluoride was licensed nearly 60 years ago.
The new concept of using targeted antimicrobial peptides may do more than just eliminate tooth decay. This work may be the beginning for developing additional target-specific antimicrobials to combat other diseases.
You have been fortunate to escape tooth decay, targeted antimicrobial peptides may soon eliminate tooth decay for those not as lucky.
Dear Dr. Reitz: I am 30 years old and never needed a filling. Have scientific
discoveries eliminated cavities or am I just lucky. - June of Reading
Dear June: The addition of fluoride to water and toothpaste has hardened teeth, making them more resistant to the acids produced by oral bacteria, but it has not eliminated tooth decay.In my dental practice I have patients that have never had a cavity and others with multiple areas of decay. Cavities usually are blamed on eating candy, but candy is only one part of the problem. The chance of getting tooth decay islikely related to the amount of a specific bacteria - Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) - present in the mouth.
The mouth is home to thousands of different bacteria. It has been known for many years that S mutans is the bacteria most responsible for tooth decay, finding a method of eliminating it has been the problem. Most methods of killing oral bacteria only work for a short time, plus having some beneficial bacteria is important to prevent overgrowth of yeast. New research from the UCLA School of Dentistry may have found a method of selectively removing S mutans.
Research conduced by oral biologist Dr. Wenyuan Shi of UCLA with support of Colgate Palmolive has produced a mouthwash that selectively targets S mutans using antimicrobial peptides. You may remember I wrote in a previous column about Dr. Shi's licorice root extract lollipops that target and disable the bacteria responsible for tooth decay.Well, he's at it again, this time creating an antimicrobial mouthwash.
The mouthwash contains antimicrobial peptides that eliminate only the harmful S mutans. Twelve patients who rinsed just one time with the experimental mouthwash experienced a nearly complete elimination of the S. mutans bacteria over a four-day testing period. Based on the success of this clinical trial Dr. Shi's company has filed a drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to begin more extensive clinical trials in March. If the FDA approves this new antimicrobial peptide it will be the first anti-dental decay drug since fluoride was licensed nearly 60 years ago.
The new concept of using targeted antimicrobial peptides may do more than just eliminate tooth decay. This work may be the beginning for developing additional target-specific antimicrobials to combat other diseases.
You have been fortunate to escape tooth decay, targeted antimicrobial peptides may soon eliminate tooth decay for those not as lucky.
28 Jan 2012
27 Jan 2012
Canada - Fluoride debate rages on
Photo by Mike Maloney/London Community NewsPaul Connett lets his frustrations show towards the continued use of fluoride in drinking water.
Fluoride debate rages on
By Sean Meyer/London Community News
Fluoridation of the city’s water supply is either a safe and inexpensive technique to improve people’s health or is an insulting way of eliminating personal freedom of choice.
Despite hours of “he said, she said” conversations, those were the two fundamental issues that came forward during a Civic Works Committee meeting at Centennial Hall that began on Wednesday evening (Jan. 25) and ran into the arly hours of Thursday morning.
An audience of more than 250 people turned out to listen to presentations from doctors, dentists, activists and ordinary citizens passionately supportive of their given side of the debate. Of that crowd, approximately three-quarters of those speaking were calling for an end to fluoridation, which started in London in 1967.
Ultimately, a meeting that wrapped up at almost 1 a.m. saw the committee vote to have staff pour over the details of the nearly six-hour meeting with the intention of bringing back a report in six weeks. Staff indicated it would be difficult to have a report ready for the committee’s next meeting, but felt comfortable with the one after that............
26 Jan 2012
Why You Absolutely Must Personally Treat Your Own Water
NaturalSociety
January 25, 2012
Mike Barrett
Why You Need to Personally Treat Your Own Water
Why do we need to worry about the water we are consuming each and every day? When referring to a group of people or someone acting different, the phrase “it must be in the water” is often used as a response. While this phrase is always used comically, you need to know that many of your health problems may indeed be result of what is in the water you are consuming every day.
Why You Absolutely Must Personally Treat Your Own Water
Many people are unaware of the vast amount of chemicals lurking in nearly all public water supplies. If you are using tap water to cook your food, or drinking it straight from the faucet, then you are exposing yourself to these substances. One of the most commonly noted, controversial substances in the water supply is fluoride.
It was only a few years ago that if you labeled fluoride as a dangerous substance, you would be laughed at and scorned. For years, a select minority of individuals were the only ones raising the awareness of this health concern. Their cries have been and continue to be met with dissonance, despite the fact that the public’s opinion on fluoride has changed much in just a short time. In fact, even the United States government has called for lower levels of water fluoridation following a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, which found that increased fluoride consumption led to decreased IQ in children.
Fluoride is not the only thing in your water. Cocaine, various hormones birth control, pharmaceuticals, and other toxic pollutants are often found in the drinking water across the United States.
Other pollutants typically found in the drinking water:
Lead, which can enter the water supply through corrosive pipes or improper water treatment
Pathogens that cause disease and are especially crippling to those with weakened immune systems
By-products of chlorine treatment such as trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, which have been linked to cancer and reproductive problems
Arsenic, which may cause cancer, serious skin problems, birth defects and reproductive problems
Radon, a carcinogen linked to lung cancer
Hopefully UK water may not be as bad.
Nice to be known as one of a select minority of individuals instead of the usual insulting terms used by those promoting fluoride
January 25, 2012
Mike Barrett
Why You Need to Personally Treat Your Own Water
Why do we need to worry about the water we are consuming each and every day? When referring to a group of people or someone acting different, the phrase “it must be in the water” is often used as a response. While this phrase is always used comically, you need to know that many of your health problems may indeed be result of what is in the water you are consuming every day.
Why You Absolutely Must Personally Treat Your Own Water
Many people are unaware of the vast amount of chemicals lurking in nearly all public water supplies. If you are using tap water to cook your food, or drinking it straight from the faucet, then you are exposing yourself to these substances. One of the most commonly noted, controversial substances in the water supply is fluoride.
It was only a few years ago that if you labeled fluoride as a dangerous substance, you would be laughed at and scorned. For years, a select minority of individuals were the only ones raising the awareness of this health concern. Their cries have been and continue to be met with dissonance, despite the fact that the public’s opinion on fluoride has changed much in just a short time. In fact, even the United States government has called for lower levels of water fluoridation following a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, which found that increased fluoride consumption led to decreased IQ in children.
Fluoride is not the only thing in your water. Cocaine, various hormones birth control, pharmaceuticals, and other toxic pollutants are often found in the drinking water across the United States.
Other pollutants typically found in the drinking water:
Lead, which can enter the water supply through corrosive pipes or improper water treatment
Pathogens that cause disease and are especially crippling to those with weakened immune systems
By-products of chlorine treatment such as trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, which have been linked to cancer and reproductive problems
Arsenic, which may cause cancer, serious skin problems, birth defects and reproductive problems
Radon, a carcinogen linked to lung cancer
Hopefully UK water may not be as bad.
Nice to be known as one of a select minority of individuals instead of the usual insulting terms used by those promoting fluoride
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